LONDON, Mar 12 (AFP): Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists he would reject any offer from Real Madrid to take charge at the Bernabeu.Reports in Spain suggest current Real manager Manuel Pellegrini is likely to be sacked after Lyon eliminated his...
The Korean Golf tournament began Friday at the Kurmitola Golf Club in the city, reports UNB.Bangladesh Navy chief vice admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed formally opened the two-day meet as the chief guest. Kurmitola Golf Club CEO Col (retd) SM Shawkat...
ISLAMABAD, Mar 12 (AP): Pakistan has announced a 15-member squad but did not name a captain for next month's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.Chief selector Mohsin Khan said Friday that naming a captain "is the domain of the...
Indian news broadcasters will cover the IPL after all, with the tournament organisers and the News Broadcasters' Association (NBA) resolving the dispute regarding tournament footage. Lalit Modi confirmed the development on the eve of the third season of the IPL...
Mehdi Musharraf BhuiyanThe country's burgeoning call centres businesses are increasingly finding themselves in rough territory - insiders said this week, as the nascent industry is facing backlog due to lack of policy support and an apparent shortage of skilled manpower....
Shinepukur Ceramics Ltd (SCL) won the National Export Trophy (Gold) for the highest export of ceramic items for the year 2005-2006.Shinepukur Ceramics Ltd and Beximco Group Chairman ASF Rahman received the award from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at an award...
FE ReportLentil, vegetables and small fish were dearer while rice, onion and potato were cheaper over the last week, according to sources at different city markets.The price of local lentil was up in the kitchen market and was selling at...
FE ReportIOM-Bangladesh with financial assistance of the Canadian government has established a solar powered document analysis centre with advanced investigation software at the Benapole land port, aiming to control human trafficking. Powered by solar panel from Rahimafrooz, the analysis centre...
FE ReportIndia's leading healthcare provider Max Healthcare made foray into the booming private healthcare sector of Bangladesh with the opening of its first information and facilitation center at Navana Tower of Gulshan in the capital Thursday.The New Delhi based healthcare...
The central bank of Bangladesh resumed intervention in the interbank foreign exchange market last week, buying US dollars from commercial banks to keep the market stable. The Bangladesh Bank bought $87 million from different commercial banks in the last 12...
NEW DELHI, Mar 12 (Reuters): India signalled Friday it was open to a new round of talks with Pakistan, raising fresh hopes of a thaw in relations after last month's official dialogue between the nuclear-armed rivals produced no breakthrough. The...
WASHINGTON, Mar 12 (Reuters): Congressional Democrats drew closer Thursday to agreement on a broad healthcare overhaul that could clear the way for a final vote in the next few weeks, but vowed not to be bound by White House deadlines....
BAGHDAD, Mar 12 (AFP): A senior member of Iraq's main secular opposition bloc on Friday protested of blatant fraud in favour of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during Iraq's general election last weekend. The national election commission, meanwhile, said the claims...
BANGKOK, Mar 12 (AFP): A UN special envoy upped pressure on Myanmar's ruling junta Friday with a pre-election call for an investigation into whether the regime is guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Tomas Ojea Quintana made the...
Obama gives $1.4m of Nobel prize to 10 charitiesWASHINGTON, Mar 12: President Barack Obama on Thursday named 10 charities to share his $1.4 million (929,503 pound) Nobel Peace Prize, with causes ranging from wounded veterans to Haiti's earthquake survivors and...
Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque demanded international and domestic inquiry into Prime Minister's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy's involvement in illegal VoIP (voice over internet protocol) business, causing huge loss to the government revenue earning, reports UNB.Farroque at a press...
DINAJPUR, Mar 12 (UNB): Victims of land subsidence in Barapukuria coal mine area withdrew their fast-unto-death programme Friday following fruitful discussion with the district administration and the coal mine authorities.About 2,000 inhabitants of several affected villages under the banner 'Committee...
A six-member BNP parliamentary party team under the directive of the party Chairperson and Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia will visit the recent violence-hit areas of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) on March 15 to apprise her of the actual...
Visiting President of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Karen Singh termed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's recent visit to India very successful, saying that it had opened up a new horizon in terms of relations between Dhaka and New Delhi,...
PABNA, March 12 (BSS): Unidentified miscreants killed a member of Purbo Bangla Communist Party (ML Red Flag) at Haripur village in Ataikula Upazila Thursday night, police said. The victim was identified as Akkas Ali Pramanik (40), son of Lokman Pramanik...
Nearly three million (30 lakh) peasant families are expected to benefit through the use of good agricultural practices with the help of newer technology, reports UNB."Some 2.5-3.0 million peasant families are expected to benefit on completion of the National Agriculture...
FE ReportBappadittya Basu and Tanvir Rusmot have been elected president and general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra Moitri.They were elected on the concluding day of the three-day 15th national conference of the organisation, which ended in the city on Thursday.Abdul Hamid...
FE ReportSeveral classrooms of Eden Girl's College were vandalised in a factional clash of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Friday over establishing supremacy in the educational institution, police said.Witnesses said the clash ensued between the supporters of BCL president of the...
Several hundred farmers put up a barricade on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway in front of Shah Sultan cold-storage at Chuhur in Mithapukur under Rangpur Friday, demanding preservation of their potatoes in the storehouse, reports UNB.Sources said the farmers got angry in...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commi-ssioner Shahidul Huq on Friday rejected the US State Department country report-2009, which alleged violation of human rights of the accused in police custody, reports UNB."I reject it. I don't have any such information," he told...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Mar 12: Two more teachers of the faculty of business administration of the Premier University (PU) have resigned.The teachers submitted their resignation letters to the VC Anupam Sen last afternoon. They are professor Moinuddin and professor Bedora Ahmed...
RAJSHAHI, March 12 (BSS): The Power Development Board (PDB) has been implementing a power distribution system development project in 10 district towns in the northwestern Bangladesh. The main objective of the project is to improve power supply situation by reducing...
JOYPURHAT, Mar 12 (UNB): Two alleged snatchers were killed at Bamonihar village in Khetlal upazila Thursday night.The deceased were identified as Reju, 25, son of late Jamaluddin of Ali Mamudpur village and Kafiluddin, 38, son of late Leba Mia of...
The Department of Career and Professional Development Services (CPDS) of North South University (NSU) is going to organise a two-day National Career Fair 2010 from March 19-20 on its own campus at Bashundhara, said NSU.It is the country's biggest career...
A six-member teachers delegation led by chairman of the University Grant Commission (UGC) Prof Nazrul Islam will leave today (Saturday) for United Kingdom (UK) to attend the Inspire Leadership Training Visit. The training to be conducted by the British Council...
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